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November 21, 2017
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Day 1
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 5:15 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Philippines Culiculi 14.558323, 121.01207614°33’30” N 121°0’43” E
Welcome to Manila
November 21, 2017 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Manila is very different than expected...New York like skylines, absolutely huge and absolutely crazy...well the latter two were kind of expected.
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Day 13
Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 3:50 PM
🌧 19 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Malaysia Semporna 4.478448, 118.6140524°28’42” N 118°36’51” E
From Manila to Malaysia
December 3, 2017 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Palmoil and Fishmarkets...that summs up the general impression I had when visiting the small town of Semporna in the malaysian part of Borneo. We went there to take a look at the local tuna fishery and most of all to get to know some skilled tuna fishermen...more to comeRead more
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Day 18
Friday, December 8, 2017 at 3:50 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Malaysia Pulau Mabul 4.246093, 118.6294164°14’46” N 118°37’46” E
The Fishermen of Mabul Island
December 8, 2017 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We were on Mabul Island to get to know the local fishermen there and to learn about their ancient fishing technique which allows fishing for big yellowfin tuna with less than 2% bycatch. A stone, a single hook and a handline is all it takes.Read more
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Day 24
Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 3:50 PM
⛅ 10 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Philippines Yellow Lake 14.011021, 120.99834314°0’40” N 120°59’54” E
Lake Taal
December 14, 2017 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
A few hours outside of Manila in the province of Batangas lies Lake Taal, the Phillippines third largest lake, filling the Taal caldera. The reason it is quite well known is that in the middle of Lake Taal there is the Taal Volcano Island on which you will find another small crater lake in which in turn there is another tiny volcanic island...island in lake on island in lake...the Philippines!Read more
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Day 39
Friday, December 29, 2017 at 10:53 AM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Philippines San Roque 14.545492, 121.00334214°32’44” N 121°0’12” E
Christmas in Manila
December 29, 2017 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Every party in the Philippines can easily be summarized with just four words: drinking, smoking, gambling and karaoke (everywhere, all the time!)

These four activities are the pillars on which every party, every event and just anything that is related to joy and happiness, is based...So I guess no further explanation of my Christmas here is needed.Read more
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Day 46
Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:16 AM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Philippines Intramuros 14.59197, 120.97467514°35’31” N 120°58’29” E
Intramuros Manila
January 5, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Let's say it like this...If you are looking for an Asian city that has plenty to offer from a cultural point of view and which will please your eyes with its charming corners and views...well, in this case, you are better off skipping Manila from your list.

However, there is one corner in this sea of concrete, where you can still find buildings dating back to the Spanish colonial time which lasted from 1565 to the end of the 19th century. Intramuros, as the name suggests, is completely surrounded by the old Spanish city wall and indeed quite pretty...well, pretty to the degree that I forgot to take pictures of the buildings.Read more
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Day 62
Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 4:42 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Philippines Estero de San Miguel 14.60083, 120.98210814°36’3” N 120°58’56” E
Binondo-The world's oldest Chinatown
January 21, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Founded in 1594 by the Spanish to keep Chinese immigrants out of Intramuros (where they wanted to live for themselves), Binondo is the world's oldest Chinatown. And as everywhere where Spaniards settled on a piece of land they were soon very busy converting whatever beliefs to Christianity...and once again they succeeded. To a frightening degree! If large proportions of the population think that the pope is a wimp because he is not pushing Christianity hard enough you start to become very quiet as an evolutionary biologist :-)Read more
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Day 68
Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:10 PM
☁️ 25 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Philippines Intramuros 14.592003, 120.97475114°35’31” N 120°58’29” E
Intramuros Again
January 27, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Back to Intramuros! The last time I left Intramuros I had the impression that I probably missed quite a lot of pretty spots...and indeed I did. Not in your face beautiful but every now and then a nice little spot.Read more
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Day 70
Monday, January 29, 2018 at 3:05 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 74 m
Malaysia Sungai Taliwas 5.086795, 118.2447445°5’12” N 118°14’41” E
Malay Wedding
January 29, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I have been invited to my first Malay, and actually also my first Islamic wedding. Some very distant relative from one of the tuna boys got married but that was no reason not to join for the free meals there and to bring the Swiss guy as a general attraction...As always, someone organised a car, another one organised fuel and the third one a driver. Off we went through the endless palm oil fields in Borneo and arrived just in time for lunch. Before every meal, I think that they will struggle to serve something I didn't already have on my plate...but as always I was wrong. They took fresh coconut flesh, put it in a fire and completely burned it. Then they took the remaining ashes out of the fire and made a (of course completely black) sauce for the meat with it. It was quite good and if you happen to get a food poisoning you already took your first dose of activated charcoal...with this in mind I felt completely safe and asked for a second serving :-)Read more
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Day 73
Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 5:12 PM
❄️ -1 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Malaysia Pulau Mabul 4.248574, 118.6296984°14’55” N 118°37’47” E
The Fishermen of Mabul Island
February 1, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
I am back on Borneo again for our Sustainable Tuna Project in the Sabah region (northeastern corner of Borneo). Janni, the chief of the fishermen of Mabul Island, invited me to stay at his place for three days. I have been to Jannis place before and I knew that I definitely should not miss this opportunity...being at his place with his family means to go squid fishing with his boys, diving in the world-famous coral reefs just outside his doorstep and eating all the delicious things the sea has to offer. Also, I had to collect some fishing vessel data from the fishermen we are collaborating with...the perfect excuse to go there and to enjoy a weekend on Mabul Island :-)Read more
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Day 79
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7:52 AM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Malaysia Semporna 4.46566, 118.6172494°27’56” N 118°37’2” E
Fishmarkets
February 7, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Of course, I love fish markets! As a fish biologist, it is my natural habitat! Whereas markets selling terrestrial meat products usually harbour a handful of species only (pork, beef, chicken, lamb and perhaps goat if you are lucky) fish markets often display dozens of fish species...and then we didn't even start with the arthropods and molluscs diversity found as well (div. species of lobsters, crabs, shrimps, octopuses, mussles etc).

However, there is a clear downside of the whole fish trading thing! Especially on small scale fish markets in developing countries none of the fish which get landed are ever reportet, there is no control about iligeal fish species and undersized fish being sold. It is assumed that 50% of the worlds consumed fish is caught and traded by small scale fisheries. So try to make a correct stock assumption with this data basis! #futurechalange :-)Read more
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Day 96
Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 10:21 AM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Philippines North Pandan Island 12.855483, 120.75014212°51’20” N 120°45’1” E
Mindoro-Pandan Island
February 24, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A short trip to Pandan Island to the west of Mindoro. I should spend more weekends like this! Absolutely great! I didn't expect a lot from the diving there and therefore and didn't bring my underwater camera...big mistake!Read more
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Trip end
February 24, 2018